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acres. If more convenient, the area maybe divided into forty 

 coupes of five acres each, of which two are dealt with in 

 each year. If the total area of woods is very large, there 

 would be two, three, or more series, each containing twenty 

 coupes. The important point is the distribution of the coupes 

 in each series of twenty which requires to be explained. Let 

 us assume a simjDle case, say there are four blocks of fifty 

 acres each, so that there would be five coupes in each block. 

 At the outset, the growing stock in already existing woods, in 

 all probability, would be more or less irregular, but it should 

 be laid down as a rule that cuttings in each block should be 

 made only once in every four years. In this way, each block 

 will enjoy absolute rest for three years, and at the end of the 

 first twenty years the ages of the underwood should be as 

 follows : — 



Block I. 

 Coupe 1 should have underwood = 20 years old. 

 ?j 5 ,, ,, ,, = lb ,, ,, 



„ 9 „ „ „ = 12 „ „ 



„ 13 „ „ „ =8 „ „ 



„ 17 „ „ „ - 4 „ „ 



Block II. 



Coupe 2 should have underwood ==19 years old. 



„ 6 „ „ „ = 15 „ „ 



„ 10 „ „ „ = 11 „ „ 



„ 14 „ „ „ =7 n „ 



„ 18 „ „ „ =3 „ „ 



Block III. 

 Coupe 3 should have underwood = 18 years old. 

 „ 7 „ ,, „ = 14 „ „ 



„ 11 „ „ „ = 10 „ „ 



„ 15 „ „ „ = 6 „ „ 



„ 19 ,. ., ,. = 2 „ „ 



